===> What does "obfuscate" mean?
Obfuscation is the concealment of intended meaning in communication, making communication confusing, intentionally ambiguous, and more difficult to interpret.
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transitive verb 1 a : darken b : to make obscure <obfuscate the issue>
2 : confuse <obfuscate the reader>intransitive verb : to be evasive, unclear, or confusing
— ob·fus·ca·tion \ˌäb-(ˌ)fəs-ˈkā-shən\ noun
— ob·fus·ca·to·ry \äb-ˈfəs-kə-ˌtȯr-ē, əb-\ adjective
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary
transitive verb 1 a : darken b : to make obscure <obfuscate the issue>
2 : confuse <obfuscate the reader>intransitive verb : to be evasive, unclear, or confusing
— ob·fus·ca·tion \ˌäb-(ˌ)fəs-ˈkā-shən\ noun
— ob·fus·ca·to·ry \äb-ˈfəs-kə-ˌtȯr-ē, əb-\ adjective
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary
- Obfuscation, in general, describes a practice that is used to intentionally make something more difficult to understand. In a programming context, it means to make code harder to understand or read, generally for privacy or security purposes. A tool called an obfuscator is sometimes used to convert a straight-forward program into one that works the same way but is much harder to understand.
